102 Akan Verbs

102 Akan Verbs
Author: Paa Kwesi Imbeah
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2012
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781470027759

A long awaited companion to the "Modern Akan" grammar book! With an introduction to forming sentences in the Akan language. Master the common tenses of the Akuapem, Fanti and Twi language. Each verb is conjugated in the present, past and future tenses. An example sentence is also included for each verb. Every verb and example is translated into English for easy side-by-side comparison. The Modern Akan spelling conventions are used throughout and so make it suitable for learning any Akan language.

Modern Akan Verbs

Modern Akan Verbs
Author: kasahorow
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2015-01-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781507715161

Master the simple tenses of the Akan language. Modern Akan Verbs is a verb conjugation practice book for Akan learners. A verb a day, brings love to stay. A verb a day, shows you the way. A verb a day, keeps the in-laws at bay. This kasahorow grammar guide includes - a basic conjugation for regular Akan verbs - Simple Present, Simple Past, and Simple Future tenses for over 20 Akan verbs. Written in Modern Akan. Modern Akan is a simplified spelling system used to write all the varieties of spoken Akan.

Modern Akan

Modern Akan
Author: Esi Cleland
Publisher: kasahorow Publishing
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2009
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9988037678

Learn simple Akan for getting around Ghana and making friends. Modern Akan is a concise, portable and easy-to-grasp reference to the Akan language. This kasahorow language guide includes - a basic grammar for Akan readers and writers - useful phrases for warming up a new relationship Written in Modern Akan. Modern Akan is a simplified spelling system used to write all the varieties of spoken Akan. Includes a pronunciation guide for reading Modern Akan in Asante Twi, Akuapem Twi and Fanti. Learn Akan: Learn Twi, learn Fanti, learn Akuapem.

Indonesian: A Comprehensive Grammar

Indonesian: A Comprehensive Grammar
Author: James Neil Sneddon
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1135873518

This grammar is a complete reference guide to the language of Indonesia as used by native speakers. The book is organised to promote a thorough understanding of Indonesian grammar. It presents the complexities of Indonesian in a concise and readable form. An extensive index, cross-referencing and a generous use of headings will provide readers with immediate access to the information they require. Key features: to aid clarity, all word groups and structures discussed are illustrated by natural examples of frequently used words and expressions each section can be read independently, enabling the reader to focus on a specific aspect of the language, if required all major structures of Indonesian, from words to complex sentences are described in detail common grammatical terms used are all clearly defined in an extensive glossary. By providing a comprehensive description of Indonesian in a clear and non-technical manner, this grammar makes an ideal reference source for all users of the language, whether in colleges, universities or adult education classes of all types. James Neil Sneddon was Associate Professor in the Faculty of Asian and International Studies at Griffith University, with long experience teaching Indonesian language and linguistics. He is also author of Understanding Indonesian Grammar. Alexander Adelaar is Principal Fellow in the Asia Institute at the University of Melbourne. He is author of a number of books on Austronesian linguistics. Dwi Noverini Djenar lectures in the Department of Indonesian Studies at the University of Sydney. She is author of Semantic, Pragmatic and Discourse Perspectives of Preposition Use: A study of Indonesian locatives. Michael C Ewing is a senior lecturer in Indonesian Studies at the Asia Institute at the University of Melbourne. He is author of Grammar and Inference in Conversation: Identifying clause structure in spoken Javanese.

Serial Verbs

Serial Verbs
Author: Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2018-10-18
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0192508776

This book provides an in-depth typological account of the forms, functions, and histories of serial verb constructions. Serial verbs, in which several verbs combine to form a single predicate, describe what is conceptualized as a single event. The verbs in the construction have the same tense, aspect, mood, modality, and evidentiality values, cannot be negated or questioned separately, and usually share the same subject and object. They are a powerful means of portraying various facets of one event, and can express grammatical meanings such as aspect, direction, and causation, particularly in languages where few other means are available. In this volume, Alexandra Aikhenvald seeks to answer unresolved questions such as: What are the parameters of variation in serial verbs? How do serial verbs differ from other, superficially similar multi-verb constructions? How do serial verbs emerge, and what happens to them over time? What role do they play in the representation of event structure? The book uses an inductively-based framework for the analysis and draws on data from languages with different typological profiles and genetic affiliations. It will be of interest to researchers and students from a wide range of fields of linguistics, especially typology, anthropological linguistics, and language contact.

Serial Verbs

Serial Verbs
Author: Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna Aĭkhenvalʹd
Publisher: Oxford Studies in Typology and
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2018
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0198791267

This book provides an in-depth typological account of the forms, functions, and histories of serial verb constructions, in which several verbs combine to form a single predicate. It uses an inductively-based framework for the analysis and draws on data from languages with different typological profiles and genetic affiliations.

Approaches to Language

Approaches to Language
Author: William C. McCormack
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 689
Release: 2011-06-15
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 3110800039

Verb Doubling and Dummy Verb

Verb Doubling and Dummy Verb
Author: Johannes Hein
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2020-06-22
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110635437

This monograph provides the first cross-linguistic study of repair strategies in verbal fronting, verb doubling and do-support, addressing both typological properties and theoretical aspects. First, it brings together data hitherto scattered across the empirical and theoretical literature and adds newly collected data from two African languages. For each of the 47 languages, the properties of verbal fronting are documented in detail. Based on this sample, the empirical part establishes two novel typological generalizations regarding the interaction between the size of the fronted category and the type of repair strategy used. The first of these identifies a systematic typological gap: No language that allows both verb and verb phrase fronting has do-support with the former and verb doubling with the latter. In the theoretical part, it is shown that previous theories of verb doubling/do-support are unable to account for both generalizations. A new approach within the Copy Theory of the Minimalist Framework is developed, that rests on the interaction of head movement, copy deletion, and the properties of different movement types. The book thus provides the first comprehensive empirical and theoretical overview of repair patterns in verbal fronting.